Murphy Boy Name

The table below indicates the number of times the name Murphy has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Murphy

Use of the Name Murphy for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

3,043

124

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Murphy has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Murphy first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
Murphy last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1956, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Murphy

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1881

839

6

1882

1883

779

7

1884

1885

1886

817

7

1887

1888

1889

1890

962

6

1891

924

6

1892

510

16

1893

562

13

1894

838

8

1895

661

11

1896

1897

576

14

1898

1899

1900

528

21

1901

760

9

1902

995

7

1903

543

17

1904

749

11

1905

583

17

1906

581

17

1907

532

21

1908

650

17

1909

744

15

1910

849

14

1911

784

18

1912

665

41

1913

945

28

1914

733

52

1915

763

62

1916

738

68

1917

733

72

1918

867

59

1919

750

74

1920

796

71

1921

862

65

1922

751

78

1923

722

82

1924

845

66

1925

800

69

1926

667

90

1927

691

88

1928

932

53

1929

803

65

1930

848

60

1931

818

59

1932

692

80

1933

857

53

1934

816

59

1935

791

61

1936

935

44

1937

846

53

1938

740

69

1939

749

65

1940

887

51

1941

828

59

1942

864

58

1943

832

63

1944

750

69

1945

1946

989

47

1947

931

57

1948

893

59

1949

857

64

1950

887

60

1951

911

60

1952

784

81

1953

883

66

1954

949

61

1955

969

60

1956

938

64

Totals:

3,043

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Murphy as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Murphy appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 66 times during the last 125 years.